Fishhook



A. A. ANDERSON;

ns'flnoox. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27. 1916. RENEWED AUG. 2, I919.

" 1,333, 148, Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

To all whomitmcy concern: \1

UNITED STATES PATENT ornion,

1 ARQHIBA D annminson, or sen rnAncIsoo, onnrromvrn'f V rIsHHooK' Specification of rtteisratene. J P t t M -,9; 1920,

Application 'fikd October 27, 1916, Serial No. 130,270. Renewed August 2, 1919. Serial No. 315,343.

Be it known that I, Anonnmno Alanna soN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the cit -.and countypof San Francisco and State of alifornia, have i'nvented a new and useful Improvement in Fishhooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish hooks wherein Q a flexible member operates in conjunction with a projection thereon for the purpose of stripping and masking the barb o and the objects of my invention arethe hook;

First, to provide a fish hook having improved means adapted to facilitate the removal of a fish or the like from said hook; I

Second, to provide an improved device adapted to strip the contents of the hook from the barb, and

Third, to provide improved meansadapt ed to mask the inner point of thejbarb of a fish hook and thereby facilitate the removal I of the contents of the hook therefrom.

I accomplish these several features by means ofthe preferred form of the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of reference are usedto designate similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings, and in which Figure 1 is an enlarged side elevation of a fish hook disclosing the normal position of w my device attached thereto. 2

I Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but disclosing the device in an operative position.

Fig. 3 is a greatly enlarged sectional view of a portion of the bend and the barb'of a fish hookwith the device disclosed in a normal or inoperative position, and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but with the device in an operative posit1on. I

Referring, to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate the shank of a fish hook having. the usual bend 2 and barb 3 arranged just below the point 4. p

The bend 2 is provided with an inner and outer channel or groove G and 7 respectively and an aperture 8 connecting said grooves.

The shank 1 of thehOOk is provided with a suitable aperturedeyelet or collar. 9. A

flexible wire 11 is slidably mounted within the eyelet or collar 9 and the grooves or channels 6 and 7 and aperture 8 connecting the same and has one end slidably mounted within va longitudinally disposed slot 12 within the barb 3, said end beingprovided .be more fully set forth.

hook will be facilitated.

The wire 11 is normally its end away from the barb 3 as disclosed in positioned with.

Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. By pulling I the wire 11 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 of the drawings the said wire will bridge a portion of the space betweenthe bend 2 and the barb 3 of the hook as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings and simultaneously cause the projections 14 to cover or mask the point of the barb 3.

As the end of the wire 11 in the slot 12 moves toward the point of the barb 3 it will strip said barb of its contents and as the projection 14 masks or covers the point of the barb 3 and bridges the space between the a bend 2' and the point of the barb 3 it is ob vious that the removal of the contents of the The wire 11. is-bent to a form that will cause it to normally retain a positionv away from the point of the barb and to conform to the shape of the hook as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings so as to leave the barb 3 fully exposed when fishing. 1

WVhen the wire 11 is pulled to an operative position as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, it should be observed that a portion of the wire reallyeliminates the barb 3 and thereby facilitates the removal of the contents of the hook. The projection 14 masks the sharp point of the barb 3 as it is practically impossible to bring the point of the herb into such close alinement with the wire 11 as to prevent the point thereof from catching and tearing the contents of the hook during *theremoval therefrom.

It is obvious from the foregoing thatI have provided improved means adaptedto facilitate the removal of the contents of a fish hookand also means adapted to effectively mask the barb during such removal.v

Having thus described my invention what f I claim as new ters Patent/is 1 1. The combination with a fish hook of means operatively connected thereto and adapted to strip the barb of said hook.

2. The'combination with a fish hook of a and desire to secure by Lot wire slidably connected thereto'and adapted to strip the barb of said hook.

3. The combination with a fish hook of a wire slida-bly connected theretoand through- 4. The combinationwith a fishhook having a slotted barb of a flexible wire slidably' V conneeted to the hook and having one endslidably mounted within the slotted barb whereby said barb may be stripped.

5. The combination with a fish hook having a longitudinally slotted barb of a flexible wireslidably eonnected'to the hook and having one end thereof slid'ably mounted within the slotted barb and adaptedto bridge a por tion of'the space between the barb and the bend of theho'ok and thereby strip and mask saidbarb.

6. The combination with a fish hook having alongitudinally slotted vbarb of a flexible wire slidably connected to the hook and havingone end thereof slidably mounted Within the slotted barb and adapted to bridge a porbarb ofthe hook and thereby strip'said'barb'; and a projection formedon-the endof the 7 wire near the barb and arranged to mask the .tion of the space between the bend and they 

